Sec. 6. Improving data and reporting
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and biannually thereafter, the Administrator, in consultation with States, units of local government, and Indian Tribes, shall— prepare an inventory of public and private materials recovery facilities in the United States, including— the number of materials recovery facilities in each unit of local government in each State; and a description of the materials that each materials recovery facility can process, including— in the case of plastic, a description of— the types of accepted resin, if applicable; and the container type, such as a jug, a carton, or film; food packaging and service ware, such as a bottle, cutlery, or a cup; paper; aluminum, such as an aluminum beverage can, food can, aerosol can, or foil; steel, such as a steel food or aerosol can; other scrap metal; glass; or any other material not described in any of clauses
(i)through
(vii)that a materials recovery facility can process; and submit the inventory prepared under paragraph
(1)to Congress. The Administrator, in consultation with States, units of local government, and Indian Tribes, shall determine, with respect to the United States— the number of community curbside recycling and composting programs; the number of community drop-off recycling and composting programs; the types and forms of materials accepted by each community curbside recycling, drop-off recycling, or composting program; the number of individuals with access to recycling and composting services to at least the extent of access to disposal services; the number of individuals with barriers to accessing recycling and composting services to at least the extent of access to disposal services; the inbound contamination and capture rates of community curbside recycling, drop-off recycling, or composting programs; and where applicable, other available recycling or composting programs within a community, including store drop-offs. The Administrator may use amounts made available under section 9 to biannually collect from each State the nationally standardized rate of recyclable materials in that State that have been successfully diverted from the waste stream and brought to a materials recovery facility or composting facility. Information collected under subparagraph
(A)shall not include any confidential or proprietary business information, as determined by the Administrator. Using amounts made available under section 9, the Administrator may use the rates collected under paragraph
(1)to further assist States, units of local government, and Indian Tribes— to reduce the overall waste produced by the States and units of local government; and to increase recycling and composting rates. The Administrator, in consultation with States, units of local government, and Indian Tribes, shall— provide an update to the report submitted under section 306 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act ( Public Law 116–224 ; 134 Stat. 1096) to include an addendum on the end-market sale of all recyclable materials, in addition to recycled plastics as described in that section, from materials recovery facilities that process recyclable materials collected from households and publicly available recyclable materials drop-off centers, including— the total, in dollars per ton, domestic sales of bales of recyclable materials; and the total, in dollars per ton, international sales of bales of recyclable materials; prepare a report on the end-market sale of compost from all compostable materials collected from households and publicly available compost drop-off centers, including the total, in dollars per ton, of domestic sales of compostable materials; and not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to Congress the update to the report prepared under subparagraph
(A)and the report prepared under subparagraph (B). Information collected under subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)shall not include any confidential or proprietary business information, as determined by the Administrator.
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